Jonathan James Canada Grey (born 1982)[1] is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He previously served as a magistrate judge of the same court.
Jonathan J. C. Grey | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
| Assumed office March 9, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Denise Page Hood |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
| In office August 24, 2021 – March 9, 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jonathan James Canada Grey 1982 (age 41–42) Poplarville, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | Morehouse College (BS) Georgetown University (JD) |
Education
editGrey earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Morehouse College in 2004 and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2007.[2][3]
Career
editGrey served as a law clerk for Judge Willie Louis Sands of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia from 2009 to 2010 and Judge Damon Keith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2010 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012 and 2007 to 2009, he was an associate at Seyfarth Shaw. Grey served as an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2012 to 2016 and Southern District of Ohio from 2016 to 2021.[4]
Federal judicial service
editOn April 6, 2021, Grey was selected as a United States magistrate judge.[5] He was sworn into office on August 24, 2021.[6][7]
On September 2, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Grey to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.[4] On September 6, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Grey to the seat vacated by Judge Denise Page Hood, who assumed senior status on May 1, 2022.[8] Grey was unanimously rated "well qualified" for the judgeship by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.[9] On November 30, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[10] On January 3, 2023, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. He was renominated on January 23, 2023.[11] On February 9, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–8 vote.[12] On March 1, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 52–44 vote.[13] On March 2, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by a 49–42 vote.[14] He received his judicial commission on March 9, 2023,[15] and was sworn in on the same day.[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ "LAW". WE ARE MOREHOUSE. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Attorneys Visit African American Studies Course on History of Injustice". Ohio University | College of Arts & Sciences. April 13, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Twenty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "FEDERAL COURT NAMES NEW MAGISTRATE JUDGE" (PDF). United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. April 6, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ Burke, Melissa Nann; Snell, Robert (September 2, 2022). "Biden taps Magistrate Judge Grey for District Court bench in Detroit". The Detroit News. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "News Advisory" (PDF). United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. August 21, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 6, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Ratings of Article III and Article IV Judicial Nominees: 117th Congress, American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary (last updated December 12, 2022).
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 30, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 23, 2023.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jonathan James Canada Grey to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan)". United States Senate. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jonathan James Canada Grey, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan)". United States Senate. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- ^ Jonathan J. C. Grey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Magistrate Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey Sworn In As United States District Judge" (PDF). mied.uscourts.gov (Press release). March 10, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
External links
edit- Jonathan J. C. Grey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.